block shop textiles

Hand block printed scarves from Block Shop Textiles. 

the hill side

images from Hickoree's

The Hill-Side does an amazing job sourcing beautiful textiles for their accessories collection of ties, pocket squares and scarves. I love anything paisley, and with so many printed versions out there, this woven jacquard paisley is a favorite.

folk fibers

 images from Terrain 

Folk Fibers patchwork quilts for Terrain. I love the color palette of this collection. 

hermine van dijck

images from JOURNAL DE JOURS


Beautiful textiles by Hermine Van Dijck.

placemats: found

 

 

 images from 3191
 

I just scored these beautiful rag rug placemats from 3191's Found Collection. 

floral baby quilt

Another quilt made for my new niece. For this one, I quilted a simple 2" diamond pattern onto two pieces of cotton fabric with cotton batting between the layers. All of the materials I had in my stash. I'd been hoarding the floral fabric for about 10 years, maybe longer. I've always loved it, and finally found the perfect use for it. The backing fabric is an orange-y/peach shot cotton and the whole thing is bound with peach bias tape. It was hard to get a good photograph of this quilt, but I love, love, love it. 

chevron baby quilt

  

I made some decorations for my sister's baby shower, including fabric bunting in pink, peach and mint green. She kept some of the bunting to decorate the nursery, but I was left with quite a few fabric triangles I wasn't sure what to do with, until I saw this quilting tutorial on the Purl Bee. The bunting had some floral fabric in it, but I decided to re-purpose just the dots, stripes and solids for this baby quilt. My sister is contemplating using it as a wall hanging in the nursery, which would look lovely, but I'm hoping it gets used and loved and maybe even a bit tattered.

linen duvet inspiration

Images from Design Sponge

Two inspirational images from the home of Yumiko Sekine of Fog Linen Work on Design Sponge.

quilting inspiration

1 / 2 / 3

Inspiration for a patchwork quilt I'd like to make for my niece due in November!

folk fibers

All images and video from Folk Fibers

Maura Grace Abrose of Folk Fibers makes beautiful handmade quilts from naturally dyed and reclaimed textiles. She even grows her own dye stuffs! 

steven alan

The Lydia blouse was my favorite piece from the Steven Alan Fall 2011 collection. It is so reminiscent of this 17th century man's robe (jama) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. So beautiful. I regret not getting it. 

autumn

Japanese woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 

Love her kasuri yukata.